After Saturday afternoon's free practice sessions, Red Bull Racing's max Verstappen stated that he was hoping to qualify as best of the rest in P5 and the Flying Dutchman got his wish.
After a very exciting battle at the top of the field, Max put his RB13 into a solid P5 for Sunday afternoon's seventh round of the season at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal Canada.
Max is only too aware of the fact that their car is not really suited to the characteristics of the Montreal layout and as they cant up their engine pace they way the two top teams can, he is happy with his fifth placed grid slot.
"We know that this circuit is not our favourite and doesn't particularly suit us so P5 was the best we could aim for, we achieved that so I'm pleased with the result. Ferrari and Mercedes are able to turn their engines up and find that extra pace; we can't do that at the moment,” Max said.
“During the race the engine power difference is slightly less as they cannot run at that level for an entire race, this means we can try to get involved and make ground.”
“I think our race pace looks ok for tomorrow, if we can keep fifth that is the first goal, then we can see what happens in front of us. We are constantly working hard to improve the car, working towards having the best car in the field, so this means constant development.”
“The upgrades we have got this weekend have worked really well which proves we are going in the right direction. It is hard to show that progress in Qualifying, and at a tough track with long straights, but we are definitely improving."
